The Court made these remarks while hearing a petition challenging a 12 June state government circular mandating the recitation of the Saraswati Vandana, Gayatri Mantra, GuruMantra, and other Hindu prayers in schools ....
... said, 'Now I want to say, 'Ab Hindu maaf nahi karega'.'He demanded strict action against those allegedly involved in the embezzlement, saying 'loot in the name of Hindutva' would not be tolerated.
Counsel for the petitioners, Aamir Khan, said the Court had unequivocally recognised that while students professing the Hindu faith were free to recite such prayers, children belonging to other religions could not be coerced into doing so.
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that marriage registration alone does not make a Hindu marriage legally valid if essential customary rites, including Saptapadi, are not performed ....